***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[TBT]

 

[Pope]

Sirens going off in Ankeny. Here we go again.

 

[ackatch]

Starting to downpour here in SW Waukee (Painted Woods West neighborhood). Weather station .5"/hour rate right now.

 

[Jer]

Tennis ball is 2.5"
Baseball is 2.75"
Large appe is 3"

When you get to 1/4 inch increments, you really should have switched to the "it's not the size, it's how you use it" argument.

 

[Jer]

Yeah, pretty much pitch black out in Waukee.I can't see the green space at the property line, let alone the golf course.

 

[clone4life82]

Remember it takes months of this weather to break the drought posters said. I may be living in a tent in my roof by then. Since march 15, we are knocking on the door of 20 inches.

With 20” knocking on your door, I’m not sure how you can walk anymore…

 

[Jer]

Based on how incredibly over dramatic our 2nd grader is with everything, I can only imagine the hell elementary teachers are having right now.

 

[alarson]

What a wonderful time to need to drive from Ankeny to the west side

 

[NorthCyd]

I had a dentist appointment at 9 in Ankeny and noped out of that. Honestly the main thing I was worried about was my vehicle sitting in an open lot and getting pummeled by hail.

 

[TBT]

Brother-in-laws backyard is already completely flooded in Maxwell. Luckily they don't have a basement, already sandbagging and plastic bagging their shoes to get their cars to higher ground

 

[Clonefan32]

Based on how incredibly over dramatic our 2nd grader is with everything, I can only imagine the hell elementary teachers are having right now.

I have a kid that gets pretty anxious with weather and I'm kind of wishing I'd just kept him home today.

 

[Letterkenny]

People always do that, lol. Reminds me in 2013 when everyone said that. Think May had like 2 days without rain that year. Drought talk vanished in a hurry.

But the groundwater level is still 1/8" below normal. Severe drought.

 

[BCClone]

Yeah, pretty much pitch black out in Waukee.I can't see the green space at the property line, let alone the golf course.

It’s pitch black because you’re in the basement. It’s dirt you see.

 

[Pope]

Just heard the term "rain fog" for the first time. I guess that's wind blown rain which causes reduced visibility.

 

[ScottyP]

I'll be super pissed if our vehicles get hailed on. I just got wrecked a car in January and had to get a new one. I also had $2K in car repairs recently done on the other.

 

[cyfanatic]

 

[BCClone]

With 20” knocking on your door, I’m not sure how you can walk anymore…

It takes skill.

 

[Letterkenny]

Sirens go off just for heavy rain now?

 

[ScottyP]

Not sure how much more of this my basement can handle.

 

[JEFF420]

im sure none of your insurances will be going up 45% in 2025